Solved: Editor hangs when loading Photoshop Elements 7, on Windows 7

Ever since I upgraded from Vista to Windows 7, I’ve been unable to use PSE7. It has annoyed me beyond measure, as I only owned photoshop for a couple of months before moving to Windows 7, and I’ve not managed to find a solution for this, but now I have.

When starting PSE7 in windows 7 (32 bit, ultimate), the option to choose Organise / Edit / Create / Share appears as normal. When clicking on Edit, the editor starts loading, then suddenly en error appears “Adobe Photoshop Elements (Editor) has stopped working.” just as the status bar gets to “initializing menus” or simply “initializing”.

The cause of this problem appears to be the position of the taskbar in windows. I prefer mine on the left, however moving it to the bottom appears to have solved the problem, and now PSE starts successfully.

Let me know if you have encountered the same problem, as I’ve no idea how widespread this issue is.